(19)
(11) EP 0 883 289 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.02.2000 Bulletin 2000/05

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.12.1998 Bulletin 1998/50

(21) Application number: 98109872.6

(22) Date of filing: 29.05.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04N 1/44
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 05.06.1997 JP 14737697

(71) Applicant: Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
Minami-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Yoshikawa, Hiroyasu
    Kyotanabe-shi, Kyoto (JP)
  • Soneoka, Taku
    Motoyashiki, Uji-shi, Kyoto (JP)

(74) Representative: Liedl, Christine, Dipl.-Chem. et al
Albert-Rosshaupter-Strasse 65
81369 München
81369 München (DE)

   


(54) Communication terminal device


(57) When confidential data is received in an empty mailbox (4) of a facsimile machine (F), a receipt notification (10a) is printed out from a printer (10) or displayed in a screen (7). However, if there is old data stored in the same mailbox (4), a receipt notification is not printed nor displayed.






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